BA Speedway Stout

I have a 2006 BA Speedway, it has a silk screened speedway label, but the part that sais "2006 BA #22/233" is hand written with a silver paint marker.

I have never personally never seen a 2006 (or older) trade or sell and was curious about its trade value. Anyone have an opinion or seen one trade lately? I really have no idea and I have someone interested.

Ryan

 

I wonder if a 2006 will be good at this point. Drink it!

 

Hell regular Speedway is great stuff, I wouldn't sit on a BA version long at all.

 

Speedway is the best non-BA imperial stout ever brewed -- and it's shockingly drinkable fresh. I agree that BA should be consumed pretty quickly, too.

 

Speedway is good for $12 a bottle but defintely not the best non-BA imperial stout ever brewed imo. My vote goes Darkness. And since Parabola and Abyss are actually BA and the same $12....I wouldn't put Speedway too high up.

 

A few of us recently opened a 2003 BA and it was quite good and not oxidized at all. Bitterness from the coffee was present but no coffee, still had some nice barrel aged characteristics and a velvety body. We were expecting a mess but it was one of the best surprises of the night. One of the guys in the group had an 03 a few months beforehand which was a mess so bottle variation and/or storage conditions will make a big impact on your 2006. In terms of trade value, I dont think its as high as you might expect because of said variability.

 

Opened my 2009 at a recent tasting and it was next to Upland Sour Reserve 1 & 2 as the best beer of the day. It is tasting exceptionally well right now. It's the beer you never want to have to drink the last sip of. If you have something in your cellar that is special to you, it is probably worth giving up for a BA Speedway (2009 at least). Wish I still had one, but so glad to celebrate a friend's birthday with it.

 

I opened a bottle of BA Speedway on Saturday, and although I was not a fan of the tasters at the release, the bottle was tasting fantastic. I wish I hadn't traded my others away!

 

I should note that I've only had it on draft recently, and it was spectacular fresh. Past bottles have not always lived up to that appellation. I should be opening a Darkness soon -- very excited to see how it affects my opinion...

 

That's interesting. All the bottles I've had have been incredibly oxidized but delicious. Must have been a magic bottle.

 

It surprised us all it was a fantastic bottle.

 

Glad you guys liked it!

 

I've had two bottles in the past two years of the '03 BA Speedway, & neither of them was oxidized either. One was, however, noticeably better than the other, so I'd sign on to the "storage makes a big diff" theory. Or any other one, really.

 

I find this hard to believe. The beer was oxidized right off the bat when it was released, with big soy and sherry notes.I remember hearing that Alesmith was considering selling the beer to restaurants for cooking and not releasing it.

All my beer is stored at 35 or 55 degrees, by the way.

 

Ah, certainly wasn't casting aspersions on your beer-storing methods, sir.

And no oxidation in either bottle. Period. Oxidation is my kryptonite - I hate it with a passion. Anything more than the faintest whiff has me pouring anything oxidized into the nearest friend/wife's glass, or the sink/gutter/tree roots. Anywhere but my mouth. If it had been there you might have heard me cursing, no matter how far you were away.